SHINY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

shiny

adjective

ˈshī-nē

Definition of shiny next

as in shining

giving off or reflecting much light we could see our reflections in the shiny surface of the marble walls

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Recent Examples of shiny Festivities typically include parades, street food, block parties, mariachi competitions, and baile folklórico, or folkloric ballet, with whirling dancers wearing bright, ruffled dresses and their hair tied with shiny ribbons. —

Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 Now, the school is feeling some of the same competitive pressure its public school neighbors have been feeling – because, in Cedar Rapids' new, competitive marketplace, its product has gone from shiny and new to questionable and perhaps tainted. —

Cory Turner, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026 The Dodgers won it in the 11th on that incredible throwing error by Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering and the rest is shiny blue history. —

Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 There’s also a shiny new version of Mando’s ship (destroyed in S2). —

ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shiny

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So naturally in a state that treats basketball like a religion and the sport’s biggest stars like royalty, nobody casts a bigger shadow in this community now than the slender 6-foot-6, 196-pound, 19-year-old freshman who changed Final Four weekend with one brilliant shining moment Sunday afternoon.

— Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
At a time of so much partisanship in Congress, especially related to health care, breakthrough legislation is a shining example of how commonsense policies that support patient care and innovation can achieve broad support.

— Josh Makower, STAT, 16 Mar. 2026